Chapter XXV · Chapter 25

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading He lay long unconscious, and when his eyes at last opened he shrieked aloud, with so wild a look in his eyes that I feared his reason was gone.

higher than, or over, something

From this reading Night came down upon us, and the stars were blinking in the dark vault above when we awoke.

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From this reading And then I lay beside him, worn out with the stress and agitations of this long day, and together (strange chance!) we who had been mortal enemies found repose on the bosom of mother earth.

plural of “agony” — intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain

From this reading For some time I was in doubt whether the agonies Cludde had suffered would not prove fatal.

using the voice; not silently

From this reading He lay long unconscious, and when his eyes at last opened he shrieked aloud, with so wild a look in his eyes that I feared his reason was gone.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading He lay long unconscious, and when his eyes at last opened he shrieked aloud, with so wild a look in his eyes that I feared his reason was gone.

giving confidence

From this reading But I, who had not left his side since he was loosed from the tree, spoke to him quietly, assuring him that he was safe, and gave him water to drink, and by and by he was soothed to quietude and slept like a tired child.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading He lay long unconscious, and when his eyes at last opened he shrieked aloud, with so wild a look in his eyes that I feared his reason was gone.

inflected form of “awake” — stop sleeping

From this reading Night came down upon us, and the stars were blinking in the dark vault above when we awoke.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading And then I lay beside him, worn out with the stress and agitations of this long day, and together (strange chance!) we who had been mortal enemies found repose on the bosom of mother earth.

next to; at the side of

From this reading And then I lay beside him, worn out with the stress and agitations of this long day, and together (strange chance!) we who had been mortal enemies found repose on the bosom of mother earth.

closing the eyes intermittently and rapidly

From this reading Night came down upon us, and the stars were blinking in the dark vault above when we awoke.

the chest considered as the place where secret thoughts are kept

From this reading And then I lay beside him, worn out with the stress and agitations of this long day, and together (strange chance!) we who had been mortal enemies found repose on the bosom of mother earth.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading But I, who had not left his side since he was loosed from the tree, spoke to him quietly, assuring him that he was safe, and gave him water to drink, and by and by he was soothed to quietude and slept like a tired child.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading But I, who had not left his side since he was loosed from the tree, spoke to him quietly, assuring him that he was safe, and gave him water to drink, and by and by he was soothed to quietude and slept like a tired child.

inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading Night came down upon us, and the stars were blinking in the dark vault above when we awoke.

a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances

From this reading And then I lay beside him, worn out with the stress and agitations of this long day, and together (strange chance!) we who had been mortal enemies found repose on the bosom of mother earth.

a young person of either sex

From this reading But I, who had not left his side since he was loosed from the tree, spoke to him quietly, assuring him that he was safe, and gave him water to drink, and by and by he was soothed to quietude and slept like a tired child.

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From this reading For some time I was in doubt whether the agonies Cludde had suffered would not prove fatal.

absence of light or illumination

From this reading Night came down upon us, and the stars were blinking in the dark vault above when we awoke.

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading And then I lay beside him, worn out with the stress and agitations of this long day, and together (strange chance!) we who had been mortal enemies found repose on the bosom of mother earth.

the state of being unsure of something

From this reading For some time I was in doubt whether the agonies Cludde had suffered would not prove fatal.

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

From this reading Night came down upon us, and the stars were blinking in the dark vault above when we awoke.

take in liquids

From this reading But I, who had not left his side since he was loosed from the tree, spoke to him quietly, assuring him that he was safe, and gave him water to drink, and by and by he was soothed to quietude and slept like a tired child.

the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on

From this reading And then I lay beside him, worn out with the stress and agitations of this long day, and together (strange chance!) we who had been mortal enemies found repose on the bosom of mother earth.

plural of “enemy” — an opposing military force

From this reading And then I lay beside him, worn out with the stress and agitations of this long day, and together (strange chance!) we who had been mortal enemies found repose on the bosom of mother earth.

opinion or judgment

From this reading He lay long unconscious, and when his eyes at last opened he shrieked aloud, with so wild a look in his eyes that I feared his reason was gone.

bringing death

From this reading For some time I was in doubt whether the agonies Cludde had suffered would not prove fatal.

past form of “fear” — be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event

From this reading He lay long unconscious, and when his eyes at last opened he shrieked aloud, with so wild a look in his eyes that I feared his reason was gone.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading For some time I was in doubt whether the agonies Cludde had suffered would not prove fatal.

set up or found

From this reading And then I lay beside him, worn out with the stress and agitations of this long day, and together (strange chance!) we who had been mortal enemies found repose on the bosom of mother earth.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading But I, who had not left his side since he was loosed from the tree, spoke to him quietly, assuring him that he was safe, and gave him water to drink, and by and by he was soothed to quietude and slept like a tired child.

inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense

From this reading But I, who had not left his side since he was loosed from the tree, spoke to him quietly, assuring him that he was safe, and gave him water to drink, and by and by he was soothed to quietude and slept like a tired child.

destroyed or killed

From this reading He lay long unconscious, and when his eyes at last opened he shrieked aloud, with so wild a look in his eyes that I feared his reason was gone.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading For some time I was in doubt whether the agonies Cludde had suffered would not prove fatal.

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading He lay long unconscious, and when his eyes at last opened he shrieked aloud, with so wild a look in his eyes that I feared his reason was gone.

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading But I, who had not left his side since he was loosed from the tree, spoke to him quietly, assuring him that he was safe, and gave him water to drink, and by and by he was soothed to quietude and slept like a tired child.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading He lay long unconscious, and when his eyes at last opened he shrieked aloud, with so wild a look in his eyes that I feared his reason was gone.

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading For some time I was in doubt whether the agonies Cludde had suffered would not prove fatal.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading For some time I was in doubt whether the agonies Cludde had suffered would not prove fatal.

immediately past

From this reading He lay long unconscious, and when his eyes at last opened he shrieked aloud, with so wild a look in his eyes that I feared his reason was gone.

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading He lay long unconscious, and when his eyes at last opened he shrieked aloud, with so wild a look in his eyes that I feared his reason was gone.

location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east

From this reading But I, who had not left his side since he was loosed from the tree, spoke to him quietly, assuring him that he was safe, and gave him water to drink, and by and by he was soothed to quietude and slept like a tired child.

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading But I, who had not left his side since he was loosed from the tree, spoke to him quietly, assuring him that he was safe, and gave him water to drink, and by and by he was soothed to quietude and slept like a tired child.

primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified

From this reading He lay long unconscious, and when his eyes at last opened he shrieked aloud, with so wild a look in his eyes that I feared his reason was gone.

perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards

From this reading He lay long unconscious, and when his eyes at last opened he shrieked aloud, with so wild a look in his eyes that I feared his reason was gone.

past form of “loose” — grant freedom to; free from confinement

From this reading But I, who had not left his side since he was loosed from the tree, spoke to him quietly, assuring him that he was safe, and gave him water to drink, and by and by he was soothed to quietude and slept like a tired child.

subject to death

From this reading And then I lay beside him, worn out with the stress and agitations of this long day, and together (strange chance!) we who had been mortal enemies found repose on the bosom of mother earth.

a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)

From this reading And then I lay beside him, worn out with the stress and agitations of this long day, and together (strange chance!) we who had been mortal enemies found repose on the bosom of mother earth.

the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside

From this reading Night came down upon us, and the stars were blinking in the dark vault above when we awoke.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading For some time I was in doubt whether the agonies Cludde had suffered would not prove fatal.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading And then I lay beside him, worn out with the stress and agitations of this long day, and together (strange chance!) we who had been mortal enemies found repose on the bosom of mother earth.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading And then I lay beside him, worn out with the stress and agitations of this long day, and together (strange chance!) we who had been mortal enemies found repose on the bosom of mother earth.

used of mouth or eyes

From this reading He lay long unconscious, and when his eyes at last opened he shrieked aloud, with so wild a look in his eyes that I feared his reason was gone.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading And then I lay beside him, worn out with the stress and agitations of this long day, and together (strange chance!) we who had been mortal enemies found repose on the bosom of mother earth.

be shown or be found to be

From this reading For some time I was in doubt whether the agonies Cludde had suffered would not prove fatal.

with low volume

From this reading But I, who had not left his side since he was loosed from the tree, spoke to him quietly, assuring him that he was safe, and gave him water to drink, and by and by he was soothed to quietude and slept like a tired child.

a state of peace and quiet

From this reading But I, who had not left his side since he was loosed from the tree, spoke to him quietly, assuring him that he was safe, and gave him water to drink, and by and by he was soothed to quietude and slept like a tired child.

a rational motive for a belief or action

From this reading He lay long unconscious, and when his eyes at last opened he shrieked aloud, with so wild a look in his eyes that I feared his reason was gone.

put or confide something in a person or thing

From this reading And then I lay beside him, worn out with the stress and agitations of this long day, and together (strange chance!) we who had been mortal enemies found repose on the bosom of mother earth.

free from danger or the risk of harm

From this reading But I, who had not left his side since he was loosed from the tree, spoke to him quietly, assuring him that he was safe, and gave him water to drink, and by and by he was soothed to quietude and slept like a tired child.

uttered in a shrill scream as of pain or terror

From this reading He lay long unconscious, and when his eyes at last opened he shrieked aloud, with so wild a look in his eyes that I feared his reason was gone.

a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location

From this reading But I, who had not left his side since he was loosed from the tree, spoke to him quietly, assuring him that he was safe, and gave him water to drink, and by and by he was soothed to quietude and slept like a tired child.

from a time in the past until now

From this reading But I, who had not left his side since he was loosed from the tree, spoke to him quietly, assuring him that he was safe, and gave him water to drink, and by and by he was soothed to quietude and slept like a tired child.

inflected form of “sleep” — be asleep

From this reading But I, who had not left his side since he was loosed from the tree, spoke to him quietly, assuring him that he was safe, and gave him water to drink, and by and by he was soothed to quietude and slept like a tired child.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading He lay long unconscious, and when his eyes at last opened he shrieked aloud, with so wild a look in his eyes that I feared his reason was gone.

(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity

From this reading For some time I was in doubt whether the agonies Cludde had suffered would not prove fatal.

past form of “soothe” — give moral or emotional strength to

From this reading But I, who had not left his side since he was loosed from the tree, spoke to him quietly, assuring him that he was safe, and gave him water to drink, and by and by he was soothed to quietude and slept like a tired child.

support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim

From this reading But I, who had not left his side since he was loosed from the tree, spoke to him quietly, assuring him that he was safe, and gave him water to drink, and by and by he was soothed to quietude and slept like a tired child.

plural of “star” — (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior

From this reading Night came down upon us, and the stars were blinking in the dark vault above when we awoke.

being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird

From this reading And then I lay beside him, worn out with the stress and agitations of this long day, and together (strange chance!) we who had been mortal enemies found repose on the bosom of mother earth.

the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)

From this reading And then I lay beside him, worn out with the stress and agitations of this long day, and together (strange chance!) we who had been mortal enemies found repose on the bosom of mother earth.

past form of “suffer” — undergo or be subjected to

From this reading For some time I was in doubt whether the agonies Cludde had suffered would not prove fatal.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading He lay long unconscious, and when his eyes at last opened he shrieked aloud, with so wild a look in his eyes that I feared his reason was gone.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading For some time I was in doubt whether the agonies Cludde had suffered would not prove fatal.

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading And then I lay beside him, worn out with the stress and agitations of this long day, and together (strange chance!) we who had been mortal enemies found repose on the bosom of mother earth.

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading And then I lay beside him, worn out with the stress and agitations of this long day, and together (strange chance!) we who had been mortal enemies found repose on the bosom of mother earth.

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading For some time I was in doubt whether the agonies Cludde had suffered would not prove fatal.

depleted of strength or energy

From this reading But I, who had not left his side since he was loosed from the tree, spoke to him quietly, assuring him that he was safe, and gave him water to drink, and by and by he was soothed to quietude and slept like a tired child.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading But I, who had not left his side since he was loosed from the tree, spoke to him quietly, assuring him that he was safe, and gave him water to drink, and by and by he was soothed to quietude and slept like a tired child.

in contact with each other or in proximity

From this reading And then I lay beside him, worn out with the stress and agitations of this long day, and together (strange chance!) we who had been mortal enemies found repose on the bosom of mother earth.

a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms

From this reading But I, who had not left his side since he was loosed from the tree, spoke to him quietly, assuring him that he was safe, and gave him water to drink, and by and by he was soothed to quietude and slept like a tired child.

not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead

From this reading He lay long unconscious, and when his eyes at last opened he shrieked aloud, with so wild a look in his eyes that I feared his reason was gone.

a formal word for “on”

From this reading Night came down upon us, and the stars were blinking in the dark vault above when we awoke.

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Night came down upon us, and the stars were blinking in the dark vault above when we awoke.

An arched structure of masonry forming a ceiling, or a secure subterranean storage room.

From this reading Night came down upon us, and the stars were blinking in the dark vault above when we awoke.

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading For some time I was in doubt whether the agonies Cludde had suffered would not prove fatal.

binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent

From this reading But I, who had not left his side since he was loosed from the tree, spoke to him quietly, assuring him that he was safe, and gave him water to drink, and by and by he was soothed to quietude and slept like a tired child.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading And then I lay beside him, worn out with the stress and agitations of this long day, and together (strange chance!) we who had been mortal enemies found repose on the bosom of mother earth.

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading Night came down upon us, and the stars were blinking in the dark vault above when we awoke.

at the time that

From this reading He lay long unconscious, and when his eyes at last opened he shrieked aloud, with so wild a look in his eyes that I feared his reason was gone.

used to introduce two or more possibilities

From this reading For some time I was in doubt whether the agonies Cludde had suffered would not prove fatal.

which person or people

From this reading But I, who had not left his side since he was loosed from the tree, spoke to him quietly, assuring him that he was safe, and gave him water to drink, and by and by he was soothed to quietude and slept like a tired child.

marked by extreme lack of restraint or control

From this reading He lay long unconscious, and when his eyes at last opened he shrieked aloud, with so wild a look in his eyes that I feared his reason was gone.

in the company of; together with

From this reading He lay long unconscious, and when his eyes at last opened he shrieked aloud, with so wild a look in his eyes that I feared his reason was gone.

Damaged or thinned by continuous use.

From this reading And then I lay beside him, worn out with the stress and agitations of this long day, and together (strange chance!) we who had been mortal enemies found repose on the bosom of mother earth.

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading For some time I was in doubt whether the agonies Cludde had suffered would not prove fatal.